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Monday, December 3, 2012

This weekend Frink lost his voice. Communication with him was reduced to pointing and motioning for this or that.

During a trip to Target, I had to introduce him to the notes feature on his phone. When he wanted to say something, we had to wait patiently while he typed it out. Bunny can read so he was able to communicate with her but I had to translate for Lion. "Daddy said we are not buying any toys." "Daddy said to watch where you are walking." "Daddy said ..." well you get the picture.

As we were wandering the aisles, he held up two bags of M&Ms with a questioning look on his face. "Should we buy these?" Dude, do you not know me? Of course we should buy those. Carry on.

After a successful trip, I opened the bag of white chocolate peppermint M&Ms so everyone could have a snack. (Quick aside: Run, do not walk, to your nearest store and buy some. They are amazing.) Frink looked very excited when he tasted the candy. He made some gestures, one of which looked like pouring M&Ms into a bowl. The other was more difficult. He slid his hand into the imaginary bowl with a scooping motion.

I had no idea. He repeated the gestures. Again, nothing. Another round of gestures. "You want to eat the M&Ms with a shovel?"

My response was met with a stare that said, "no, you idiot."

One last time he poured the imaginary M&Ms into a bowl, scooped with his hand and flipped. Oh. Ohhhh! "You want to make pancakes with these? That would be awesome."

Vigorous nodding. Success! This was followed by 5 minutes of laughing at anyone wanting to eat M&Ms with a shovel. That is just crazy, handfuls shoved into your mouth are much faster.